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Like his King, whose mouthpiece he is, Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, ninth Earl of Bessborough, Baron of Bessborough, Viscount Duncannon, Baron Ponsonby, Baron Duncannon, opened the Dominion Parliament last week with pomp & splendor imitative of the ancient rituals of Westminster. Unlike George V, who uses a coach & eight, the Governor General rode to the Houses of Parliament in an automobile. As the clock in Ottawa's Peace Tower struck three, Princess Louise Dragoons escorted him into the Parliamentary Driveway, stiff lines of foot soldiers snapped to salute, a band played "God Save the King." Out stepped Lord Bessborough, Lady Bessborough...
Less at ease were the members of the 17th Parliament's third session who waited inside. Easy-going democrats, they might be addressed at any moment from the galleries with a "Howzit, Ed?" They breathed easier as Lord Bessborough sat clown on the throne. Lady Bessborough sat at his left. Behind her stood the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, last-minute choice of Conservative Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett for Government leader. On either side in full regalia stood representatives of the church and diplomatic corps, white-wigged Supreme Court. Black Rod (Parliamentary usher) left to sum mon the Commons...
Born. To the ninth Earl of Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada; a son (he has been married since 1912, has two other children); in Montreal. The child is the first to be born to a Governor-General of Canada since the present Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava gave birth to a son in 1875. From George V came a request that he might be the boy's godfather...
Married. His Excellency William Duncan Herridge, newly appointed Canadian Minister to the U. S.; and Mildred Bennett, sister of Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett of Canada; in Ottawa. Among the guests: the Earl of Bessborough, new Governor-General of Canada, and his Countess (their first official appearance); Hanford MacNider, U. S. Minister to Canada. Prime Minister Bennett gave his sister away, presented her with...
Because of Lady Bessborough's frail health, the special train of the Governor General proceeded by fits & starts from Halifax to Ottawa (958 miles), halting at sundown, speeding...